lOusIuinfan. 
EDITED BY HENRT 8. RANDALL, LL- D- 
keeping INDIVIDUAL PEDIGREES OF 
SHEEP. 
R S. T. Thcrbeb, Jefferson,-—, asks us • 
« Did the Spaniards keep a separate pedigree or 
each of their sheep ? Is not the practice attend¬ 
ed with much trouble ? Is it of any practical 
utility ? If a sheep is known to he of (all bio id, 
or any other particular blood, why is not this 
enough ? Were pedigrees of each sheep kept 
the flocks of Humi-iirev, Livingston, Jarvis, 
&c. ? Did any of our American sheep turners 
keep such pedigrees before the publication of 
the Practical Shepherd? ’ 
. **.p.e r x" uy “■ 
“Aton'd cnltvencd the OCMatoi. with more easily digested end assimilated a, food, and 
anul'stirrimr music, «md Hugh T. Brooks of Wyo- no t constipating. Whey when fed alone and sweet 
min» Co addressed the multitude at the close of the wlb ft00n constipate the an mal so as to produce fe- 
shearin - from the steps of the Newton House, as ver an d disease. It would not produce this effect 
follows: -when mixed with nitrogenous food, even U fed 
„ KaR » K rs and Fellow Citizens :-There are two gvrc(i t, as there is then a jroper balance between 
preeioo. gifts to man. ^n«tbiuir cOstituenta; and to calves it may be fed 
sweat. Three gallon, of this -mature, fed Jo 
cows 2nd sheep. To-ay ,10 ' h, .^ r ’ f t ^wofbtmdl^ each cow per day, through the summer, would 
wTOthar don’t like milk or more than pay the expense in extra milk, besides 
re fo the order of these , mn*h 1-ptter condition. 
follows 
prat Spirit of the grass. i»ral fates and Items. 
Farming Of the Prairies. A New Half Volume.— Ageuts, and all others 
M H Birkard, Des Moines, Iowa, sent to interested in the circulation and prosperity of the 
the N Y Farmers' Clubs last month a note on Rural New-Yorker, are reminded that a new Half 
fanning in tire prahie regions of the West. It is Volume will commence next. week. The present is, 
iarmm, in me irrauie g therefore lust the time to either subscribe or renew 
musically dramatic. Me will assume that he has gnh#C(! ^ na _ Thoae wbo hay6 taken the paper du- 
taken a friend out to witness farming °P'j ra l, ms tiie pagt g j x months, or longer, know its char- 
and begins explanations, Yankee fashion, by acter aBd value, and can beet judge as to continuing 
asking questions. Thus — 11 W hat is that man j, and tuvitingothers to make Its acquaintance. We 
doing In this stalk-flcld, riding on a kind of two- ghall en deavor to render the paper as acceptable as 
wheeled wagon? ” I hear you say. “Well, Sir, heretofore, at least, and confidently hope its hosts of 
individual pedigrees ol their sneep. xm: W o ? l <m the aheep when you eoe-, {f vu 
tic* is of course attended with sonic trouble, will get. it 11 « to *[» g e t n f h ' r *" d week- after shearing, 
but when systematically commenced and kept every night that is not particularly 
up regularly ever}’ year, the labor is but trifling, warm. af . corn „pbment to shear a sheep fast. 
_ .mi -c _oticI rP^orfUtlff tliC fiepa- I'* «.» CT * . - .* _n.A abifl_+Vii» fthAfir<*T*s 
d«'n™\hat alieep have Uilck ooaia tfccw and keep up Her condition. Whey, mixed with voureply « j ) 0 you 8e e that wan in this stubble- 1 
rXfS.'tti" 5 S JwlifJTfflrK"™ •>i the different food. mufflOMd. would exactly .dj,- - 0 „ » low ., ooU „,g thing, I can hardly 
off and eotrw naked. Ton JSiti'.aKt’whM n»M P 1 ? tul * aud tuerel .re may bc profits j j what< It mnat he some kind of a plow, 
5«^whn.SfttA«?lV'bTo^»»ren. fed hack to the cow. Cows fed thus would be ^ ?rtmna fr „ h .plowed „e«r hy?" “Tes, 
lenS. and lei Mem iak- the raja, “ d ,h ' worth from dec to teu dodarb per head more u a four-horse gang-plow. He rides all 
ff o.w g ^W^USo^LWiSKdeath, the fall, as it woold eost so much less to wioter ^ • fmm „ Tcr tMr to flTe MrMl feeling do 
ire reported to die of OTbl^e h^ *«| them. , , more tired at night than when he began lu the 
ffintehof°X^ltaAwCn1^.h«.,% But It will also furnish an excellent food to BOm ^„ .. Anot her good thing,” yon say. "I 
w*U an lai the ^Xr.i,SSfg r , "** «•>"■ see two men over in that- field with a blue, tw o- 
y0Tir ^S range and strength to calves, which is very nee- ~ and tw0 horees pulling it. 
S' 4 '" __ cssary, especially in heifers, designed to give ^ t0 be „ 
The Spaniards were exceedingly tenacious of | enC e. and let them Wte ^dtW mna^ua 
e it,ai« «/»w imt. flid not as a the frost* as they come^_ Ii , , riri.marnre death. 
ment—page 210 
The Great American Tea Co —Superior Teas.— 
Some monthf ago we had occasion to speak of the 
reliability of the Great American Tea Company— 
mainly upon Information and belief—and can now 
commend the Company upon knowledge derived from 
actual observation of their premises, mode or doing 
business, and the use of their teas. In April last, 
while in New York, we visited the stores of this 
Company, both wholesale and retail, and were sur¬ 
prised at their extent, and the large amount of bnsi- 
of all its ancestors, depends upon the same con ^ 
sldcratloua in the case of sheep that it does in Hh( 
the case of horses, cattle, &c. If It Is of no use sti 
in the former, it is of none in the latter. do 
We have on a former occasion defined breed- 
ing, in its technical sense, to be the art of select- to 
ing such males aud females to procreate togethei to 
-a • 1 l. 11 
h^ eP of%ib l Rftt f tS^dsTO- time - way the whey may be turned to good account Qn ^ ^ hook tw0 horses to it, and mount 
nheep. as I Intimated In the start are v evyu»ehilln- aa(1 as8igt materially in ^welling the income from machine, and there, chatting, laughing and 
wi l rs the cow. enjoying themselves, they plant 10 to !3 acres 
double the elenua&d wool per head ^^Lri'idld fn If the whey is retained hy the owner of the per day< doing it better than it can be done with 
mt otff de2melft offiX* I do not hesitate cheese factory, and fed to calves or hogs in the the hoe.“ “Well, well.” jon reply. “Is that 
to say tiiat we owe much of this to t wruont- ” o eu. mauncr described, It would very nearly pay the wa y y 0 u farm in Iowa ¥ " “ ^ os, farming is 
choice aX l aS yoTKsee n to-day. T wbole labor account in making the cheese. This done almost wholly by machinery.” “ And here 
1 - 1 nn to thoir nresent.standard , - . .m-.u- „ii o,,-,,! ahnnld in- tboronch- - ... .-1,^111,,.» ■a.-Rpat or oats: he rides, ol 
better of summer nhout two-tliirdti of the me - 
Sheen as I Intimated in the »tart are very useful In¬ 
stitution*. Are you doltu? what you can to hub™ L ' 
them" The rhoep of Gcmesee rAnn^wHl eKw 
d on hi e the cleansed wool per head in 1W ‘ that they 
One man appears to be working a lever, the uess daily transacted. The Company occupy four 
other behind him is driving?” “Ah, yes! large stores and basements, and employ 175 men in 
that’s a corn-planter. They put corn In a box the establishment. Their receipts for the three days 
on either side hook two horses to It, and mount preceding our visit were over ?50,000-as the Compa¬ 
rin' machine ’and there, chatting, laughing and ny s hooks attested-which simple fact demonstrates 
the maemne, an m , 6 ’ . ..... „„ i.i-uinp-a nr.d moves that their systematic 
IJCIi IIJUIVW* uixu A'-*-*-*'—'*-' -- X - r UJ villi nuhfi gwwjw”- •« 
s best adapted, in conjunction, to produce suppow wl^ W g out with an- subject of utUMng all food 
_ ,™d «nd nniform offspring. The expert* ^. r ™ , soin&ing more mlfacBione. and then we ly studied by the farmers ol 
as are best uaapicu, in 
an imDroved and uniform offspring. «.— ■— t -—• oUht tot soineimnir mui- — tWLTui liinher --- - ... ,. ~ . 
,. verv breeder has demonstrated that a shall have to bny nmim a ^’" i I ful study and experiment will enable them to 
male anlmal^peculiurly fitted to breed well with SSu’d J m U y g wSd B^ai^K&W ave 6ave hundreds of dollars, now -wasted, and 
particular females, is unfitted to breed well with this flock a ^>d deal K^rovcmem a* there ever would change many an unprofatahle farming ac- 
IZr females of tlic sumo flock or herd. The ^-^bTy^^iKSl Ug you count into a cheering balance sheet. E. w. s. 
very best breeders we know of, and those who canVpan Uojwdw see tire hid<i. Wt lirec-—- 
possess the most uniform flocks, frequently,- ^ nu T i lt . tU r, of on* t-hbrn: DAIRY ITEMS. 
L generally—use two or tkree r iffereut ' ___ 
rams for inlambing only one hundred ewes. Member tbfti labeep It .wmethlngn„,„. 0 ( „_T ho Demo. 
ly studied by 
would change many an unprofitable farming ac¬ 
count Into a cheering balance sheet. E. w. s. 
very best breeders we know of, and those who can’t pull Uop^n to sec Uregde. ^ j^Vhat 'direc 
possess the most uniform flocks, frequently,- *g n il B f |[ ( . Mr .'. of 01 m thlnp ; 
Lloff generally-n,e two or tkree .liffemit gj .-jg-J“ 
rams for inlambing only one hundred ewes. Remember that the sheep is something like the 
progeny alao require to be c-oupled will, ft 
rams of different individual qualities. Ills [’SL, 1 ™. ukemine fol On com.Iwj to stuff <ke 
:ing all food should he thorough- ^ a muu drilling wheat or oats; he rides, ol 
ie farmers of this country. Care- CO urse, on his drill?” “Yes; he would be 
experiment will enable them to shamed to walk when all his neighbors ride.” 
, of dollars, now -wasted, and “Surely, this is farming made easy!” yon say. 
many an unprofitable farming ac- j t - lB 60f To tend a farm of 80 or 100 acres in the 
leering balance sheet. e. w. s. yVest is easier than to tend 3Q pr 40 in tlK East, 
-- ; Such arc scenes in this beautiful V alley of the 
tv a try items. - Des Moines,_ 
ny’s hooks attested—which simple fact demonstrates 
an immense business, and proves that their systematic 
and extensive advertising iu the best mediums Is a 
good investment. As to the quality of the teas furnish¬ 
ed by the Company, we cau freely say they are superi¬ 
or, judging from samples of the cargoes of the ships 
“Golden State" and “George Shotton." which we 
have lately received aud are now using in our family. 
We have used no better tea for years, either at home 
or abroad, and think we know a good from an inferior 
article—especially as it it is onr principal beverage, 
neither coffee nor spirits being permitted hy our con¬ 
stitution or physician. We therefore reiterate all we 
i have hitherto said in behalf of the Great American 
i Tea Company,— “and more too.” 
dairy ITEMS. 
Unsound Horses. 
N. Smith, Richford, N. J., writes the Stock 
Journal on the subject of the increasing preva¬ 
lence of unsound horses, asserting that not more 
than one-third of the horses in the country at 
Zprogerris7?equir e to be coupled with A Great 0km Comty.- The Grauga Demo- N. Smith, Richford, N. J„ writes the Stock delptt4( offerg * 
The p g J nnahtics. It is food It Is not expCCtetl to grant out a short IRUn crat g^g that the total amount of cheese man- Journal on the subject ol the increasing preva- 50 cents to the 1 
often found that the get of u particular ram frcAhroeze^n th^hiU-side Health is the foniSa- ufactured in that county in 1866, as returned by fence of unsound horses, asserting that not more are wanted To 
often »una tUO g particukr tlon of - Very excellence in man or bom. tyery the lessors, was 6,358,577 lbs. The quantity than one-third of the horses in the country at a paying one he 
™Ta»d7o on for generations. Certain ewes, “ 1 ^. oShtre"Su mileor tw., cvenrday.' ' made in factories was 8,985,000 lhs-the number tbe present time are what may be called souv<l « adcr ^^ e 
S? breed better than other ewes, and their ° f th09e °^° a ™" A g ^nT't° DCS * V"? -‘S wiil be seen that 
progeny is more valuable. How are these fects Sf^hKbyriose conii£crn,nt. and Wte l value of the cheese made »n the county was of stock is accounted for in W.- k ro0lUh , wlU yiel 
to he ascertained and acted on, if the get of the gSuK ?om 1 %?^ -on’t get not less than one million of dollars. a too good to he nary bnfcluefiS „ 1 
respective rams used or the progeny ^pwicu- a^nejmr the truth. g Don’t sell off every time the Dairy Com in Cmato.- The Galt Reporter colt8 ,' and tbe responsibility of ' ^trn^ThU L 
lar ewes arc not capable ol being identified. [ d ! ehlft ^ ull keep right, alont; and breed first qual- 6talcs that a number of Americans appeared id f , , , thrown upon some , 1 ths next lrnl 
TUa tiletory ot each abeup'a Mi »“U ^ |»“ S ,a,,„ it Wpa, lm ~ r- »" -' that place for tb« P«rp«a of purehaaing cow, Z" ^ 5 ^ ~ 
gree, and It matters not whether it k■written o ^ brook* here closed Ids spcooh, thebaud played, for the dairy business. They got a carload, but l lubprlted ring-bones, spavins, «fcc., 
merely remembered, providing it U correct y - home, and the tonne people prices advanced so under this foreign demand— _ ... „ • i nr .«tA thpm at Cheap Paint 
Mr Brook* here closed Ills speech, the band played, 
merely remembered, providing it m correeuy re- * weut home . and the young people 
membered. But few meu’s memoir cau be re- ^ ^ eveuin , r 
lied on, in thin particular, in regard to a large — 
flock. The written record or pedigree does not, ~~ ~ 
as already said, require an amount of trouble flirt ft Tl Jiff. til. 
worth talking about. If the breeder’s register 
aurts with the pedigrees ql hie flock, all that 
he has to enter dowu annually is that ram lamb W jfEY — ITS VALUE—HOW TO USE IT. 
, No. 25, for example, was got hy ram No. 50, out - 
of ewe No. 300; and then the preceding records g INCE the extensive organization of Cheese 
will of course give the pedigree of the ancestors. Factory Associations, and the large accumula- 
A pedigree Of names merely, without a knowl- ^ q{ . wbeV) wb i c h has too much run to waste, 
edge of the characteristics or qualities of the it bec0m6 s important to inquire whether it has 
animals bearing those names, is of no practical ^ valu( , WQrth utilk - m g. And for this purpose 
utility. The value of a pedigree is, first, to ff . must lot)k at its cbc mieal composition. 
for the dairy business. They got. a ear load, but ' panted riug-bones, spavins, «tee., 
prices advanced Bo mber this foreign demand- ^Xtog in their veins; will tocite them at 
reaching 6100 per heed in greenbacks that the i_ 4 uvlitlkt <it nustiirfi or 
A Point Demonstrated.— The publisher of tiiat 
excellent monthly, “The Practical Farmer,’’ Phila¬ 
delphia, ofl'ers his paper for the next six months at 
50 cents to the hhmher of 100.000, copies if so many 
are wanted To show that the investment would be 
a paving one he quietly adds: — “As some, of our 
readers have told us that each number U worth a dol¬ 
lar, and we are not prepared to disbelieve them, it 
will be seen (hat the Investment of fifty cents for air 
months will yield a better profit than any other ordi¬ 
nary business transaction.” Of course, our readers 
(and especially non-subscribers or borrowers) will 
construe Ibis Into a bint that the commencement 
of the next half year will be a good time to com¬ 
mence a paying acquaintance with the Rural. 
33 aitti ftcjiacfmtuf. 
WHEY —ITS VALUE —HOW TO USE IT. 
Since the extensive organization of Cheese 
Factory Associations, and the large accumula- 
reachiug 6100 per hec,l m greenbacks—mat me 
business of buying vnj* abandoned. The present 
ruling of dairy products will not warrant such 
prices for cows. 
Cheese Making— Cost .—At a recent meeting of 
the Little Falls Fanners’ Club, Geo. W. Davis 
gave, the results of au examination into the com¬ 
parative cost of making cheese at factories aud 
in private dairies. The calculation was based 
on thirty cows, and the result was as 6271,00 to 
6225,00—or 645,40 in favor of the factory iu polut 
of cost of making. In marketing the factory- 
made cheese had an advantage of from one to 
two cents per pound. 
the least mishap — often whilst at pasture or 
standing in the stable. I think that it farmers 
Cheap Paint por Fencek, &c.— J. P. B , Rodman, 
NY. asks for a cheap paint for fences, and here it 
is, or rather the material for making It.:—Take a 
bushel of well burnt lime, white and uslaked; 20 lbs. 
really understood this matter, they would be Qf 8pani6ll waiting, 17 do. rock salt, and 12 pounds 
careful in selecting healthy stock to breed 0 f P rown sugar. Slake the lime, and sift out any 
from.” This is an important consideration for coarge lumps, mix into a good whitewash with about 
farmers and doubtless receives less attention 40 gallons of water, and then add the other ingredi- 
■ . . . 4 > I . _ ..It._nllt 
than it should. 
Lime as a Stimulant. 
A contributor to the columns of the Ger¬ 
mantown Telegraph passes a high encomium 
upon the fertilizing properties of lime. Among 
cuts and stir the whole together thoroughly, aud put 
on two or three coats of it with a common brush. It 
is a cheap paint aud improves the appearance of 
buildings and fences very much, while aiding to pre¬ 
serve them from the action of the weather. 
Warding off the Frost.—A correspondent asks 
other things he asserts it to he the strongest of whether cultivating the soli in a cornfield Just pre- 
all stimulants, rendering what was sluggish and ceding a frost will tend to ward it oil ? We cannot 
nml Jarvis made Individual pedigrees a .100.0 for a single animal, was 6425. The lowest 602. kept in action by something which may retom a aradloraU! thu cffcct of a light frost. Under some 
matter of record in their flocks. Our impression Tt wiUbescen that the whey contains six aud The thirty brought an aggregate of 63,904, or a portion of the effervescing powere 0 e ime con , bt i ons the cultivated soil would iuder as badly as 
k that they did not do so to any considerable ' per cent, of nutriment, five per fraction over 6180 per head. When it is remem- and give it out when taost needed This may the uncultivated . 
^ t /11 of these gentlemen should be l, nt nf which (sugar) is identical with the starch bored that, tout a few years since, it was an extra be found in barnyard manure or any compost . , rnmmUs ion Mer - 
epoken of only with respect by American sheep of irl- 0 f nitrogenous food, such us builds up cow which would sell for forty dollars the pri- which may he p repared for gram or grass au . j^nr, & Garrison, Boston, have 
breeders. But the great improvements made m inu8cular syst em of the animal, it contains c es now obtained appear surpuslng and natn- l88 „ed almnd book on wool which will prove conven- 
on the Spanish sheep in the United States are . ei „ bt . tcQ t b a of one per cent., and seven- rally suggest the question, can this advance be Eggs-How Many to a lie . lent towool growers and dealers. Besides remarks 
Aue to neither of them. These have been made ei , rllts 0 f a u its nutriment (sugar and fat) go to maintained? Geylin, in his book on poultry >ree g, on grading and preparin- wools for market, a aynop- 
bv a class of men who have carefully studied a lv anima i be at aud fat. And the question The cheese Market.— The last sales of form says:—It has been ascertained that the ovarium gig of lhe recent tariff is given as also a table of 
the dualities of each of their sheep, and who . y f 00d be economically used dairy cbeese a t Little Falls, as quoted in the of a fowl is composed of six hundred ovules Bhrt iikage, based on the price for the different grades. 
D ram and c« irtttout « due only a* and iour-tentha per ^rald, affon a ratLcr depreaaed marire. or Wi therefore, a hen dnrin s the -hole of ^...oi.oi^ arte.li.c,national., aearieeplyeare 
consideration of their hereditary as well as indi- ccllt . of uutri ment ? This will he best answered _ priC es ranging from 8 to 10 cents per pound- her Ufe, cannot ppssibly ^ ^ ib . Cattle Di , EaBE at coxsackir. - J. Stanton 
vidual fitness to be coupled together-and who esamlning the natural food of our domestic the latter pald for only a small quantity. The hundred, which m a natural course are distnn ^ ^ weut in company wit U Dr. 
accordingly know their individual pedigrees to auLmedg- i n the green state in which it is eaten Pulk ot - t ke sales were made at 11 cents. It is uted over nine yeais in the 101 b P P Calkins to examine into the cases of reported rin- 
a considerable extent. And it is the best breed- ia pa8tlire , red clover has eight per cent., white cbarged that a combination has been formed in tion:— First year alto birth 10 to , derpest at CoxsacMe, where several cattle had died, 
era who best know the genealogy of every indi- , „ ven per ce nt. aud timothy ten per t,\. w York to put down prices, and that it has 100 to 120; third, l’~0 to 185; luurt , t ag W as supposed, of that disease. Tbe result of the 
%T*X>******- ce^VnntJent. aneneeded in doing so on two occasions, will a ffflff.W t« 80 i sOto » to 60s Ui«, w „ ,n,t thccansc or the several deatbs 
In answer to Mr. Thurbeu’s final question Thus we 6ee tbat whey has ueariy as much pronlise of repeating the operation. A grand eighth 15 to 20; ninth, 110 10. From this th of cattle at that place was pleuro-pnemnonia, and not 
we inform him that individual pedigrees were nutrimCQt as re d and white clover in the green meeting Q f dairymen, to counteract this iuflu- conclusion is deduced that it is not^rohtameto rinderpest. _ 
kept by some American sheep farmers before gtate _ This mUil settle the question of its eco- ence> is biute d at. keep a hen after her fourth layin g season . flQQ Cholera _ A!1 esc hange. alluding 
the publication of the Practical Shepherd. 11 nom j c al use, aud, besides, its nutriment is in a Xmprovenxent in Cheese Apparatus ,—The Utica to the multitude of cores for hog cholera, says they 
that work induced these men to keep them 6(1 j ub ^ e sbl te and easily assimilated. But it will noticing the Fairfield Association Cheese ^oaltry Fay . are all bogb and bum bug. The disease defies their 
still more carefully and to make them a mat- be saidi whey is found, practically, quite inferior ’ meati ons some improvements which it F. F. Mechi answers this question very p0 wer, and disposes of the porkers without regard to 
ter of written record-lf it has induced thou- tQ dovor> Tbi8 is be cause about one-third of of adoption gmierally. The presses briefly, and he thinks conclusively, by saying: auy0 fthem. An affected animal may survive, andh 
sands to commence so useful and important a lUe uutrlment of clover is nitrogenous food, area ho U t two feet lower'than the plat- “I test this hy the following propositions and it doe.iit is not^tn°' 
practice, it is a matter of sincere gratification to wUicU supportg the muscular system, and whey on ^ tbu vftt is p i ac ed. This allows comparisons. It pays indirectly to produce cati of the hundred r cmt - _ 
us. We should have been glad to treat this ba _ Qnly one . eigbt h part of this food. It will ^ tbe wbe y and curds through a shute at tie, sheep and pigs-if so, why not poultry f It ^ Wo odchucks.-A subscriber wants to know 
subject more thoroughly, but we are writing m bg readUy &een tbftt by supplying the flesh-lorm- eQ | yf th0 vat inl0 th e sink, thus avoiding does not cost more to produce a pound ot pom- _ ^ tQ cook aud rlregg a woodchuck.’’ The best 
haste, and in one of the pauses ol a journey. mg nutriment to the whey, it will become an i ttb or of dipp ing —a very convenient arrange- try, live weight, than a poun 0 cu '' a ’ way is to dress the “chuck” first and then cook him. 
«x-tent. ST of these g^emen should he the starch that, hut a few years since, it was an extra be found in barnyard manure or any compost 
«-nokon of only with respect by American sheep ftf uTpfthl _ of nitrogenous food, such ns builds up cow which would sell for forty dollars, the pri- which may he prepared for grain or gr 
brooders But the great improvements made . nu l cular gy6 tem of the animal, it contains c es now obtained appear surprising, and natu- 
on the Spanish sheep in the United States are o cig i, t -tcnths of one per cent., and seven- rally suggest the question, can this advance be Eggs-How Many to a Hen. 
due to neither of them. These have been made ^ Q g f aU ite nutr iment (sugar and fat) go to maintained ? Geylis, m his book on^ l30 ^ ’ ^ 
by a class of men who have carefully studied . aniina i b eat aud fat. And the question m Cheese Market .-The last sales of form says:-It has been ascertained, that the ova i 
the qualities of each of their sheep, and who bcrc , cau any food be economically used dail7 cbee8e at Little Falls, as quoted in the of a fowl is composed of 8 ** ™ * 
never coupled a ram and ewe without a due wbMh contain6 0 m y six and four-tenths per utica Herald) sb ow a rather depressed market or eggs; therefore, a hen during the wnoi 
consideration of their hereditary as well as mdi- cent Qf uutr iment? This will he best answered _ priC es ranging from 8 to 10 cents per pound- her life, cannot possibly lay more eggs to 
vidual fitness to be coupled togetlier-nnd who esaralnin g the natural food of our domestic the latter paid for only a small quantity. The hundred, which m a natural course are distn 
accordingly know their individual pedigrees to a ^ imalb la the green state in which it is eaten bul k of the sales were made at 11 cents. It is uted over mne years in the Milovs mg propor- 
a considerable extent. And it is the best breed- . q tur6> red clover bas eight per cent., white cbarged that a combination has been formed in tion: - First year after birth lo to M,socono, 
ers who best know the genealogy of every indi- , X BevBn per cent, aud timothy ten per New York to put down prices, and that it has 100 to 120; third, 130 to135, . U ' 
her life, cannot possibly lay more eggs than six 
hundred, which in a natural course are distrib¬ 
uted over nine years in the following propor¬ 
tion: —First year after birth 15 to 30; second, 
100 to 120; third, 120 to 135; fourth, 100 to 115; 
fifth, 60 to 80; sixth, 50 to 60; seventh, 35 to 40; 
— A il ! _ AV . 
a considerable extent. And it is the best breed- . q tur6> red clover bas eight per cent., white cbarged that a combination has been formed in tion: - First year after ^th to to m , seconu, 
era who best know the genealogy of every indt- 1 cent, aud timothy ten per New York to put down prices, and that it has too tolLOjUnrd, fu ^', 
vidual sheep in their flocks. ^ ut of nut riment. encceeded in doing so on two occasions, with a fifth, 60 to 80; sixth, 50 to 60 i Bevenft, 3o to ^ 
In answer to Mr. Thurber’s final question Thus we 6ee tbat wbcy bas ueariy as much promise 0 f repeating the operation. A grand eighth 15 to 20; muth, 1 to 10. F rom tms t 
W e inform him that individual pedigrees were nutrimcat a s red and white clover in the green meeting 0 f dairymen, to counteract this iufiu- conclusion is deduced that it is 
kent by some American sheep formers before j gtate _ Tbig mUil settle tbe question of its eco- cncCt is biute a at, keep a hen after her lourth laying season oi er. 
,, _rtf tho Practical Sheoherd. If „,..i v>Asi/if“5 tta Diitriment is iu a _ . , _, . in; n .i 
the publication of the Practical Shepherd. If noru j ca j U g C( a ud, besides, its nutriment is iu a 
that work induced these men to keep them 6a j ub ^ e state and easily assimilated. But it will 
still more carefully and to make them a mat- sa j d ^ whey is found, practically, quite interior 
ter of written record—If it has induced thou- c q ovcr> This is because about one-third of 
sands to commence so useful and important a lUe uutrhne nt of clover is nitrogenous food, 
practice, it is a matter of sincere gratification to Bupp0 rts the muscular system, and whey 
us. We should have been glad to treat this ha£ Qnly one . e iglitli part of this food. It will 
Improvement in Cheese Apparatus .—The Uticil 
Herald, noticing the Fairfield Association Cheese 
Factory, mentions some improvements which it 
deems worthy of adoption generally. The presses 
and sinks are about two feet lower than the plat- 
Do Poultry Pay! 
F. F. Mechi answers this question very 
briefly, aud he thinks conclusively, by saying: 
“ I test this hy the following propositions and 
cwuiAA.' — — - tuo uvii/i am*- — * — — - nn n hlilK.h illU LI Ql / U L U 1WV iu u wa vuwu a**'- p— * - ^ , 
practice, it is a matter of sincere gratification to wUkh supportf the muscular system, and whey wilk . h tbe Tat is placed. This allows comparisons. It pays indirectly to produce cati 
us. We should have been glad to treat this ^ Qnly one . eigbtb par t of this food. It will , wh and c1JLrdg through a shute at tie, sheep and pigs-if so, why not ponltiy ? It 
subject more thoroughly, but we are writing m bg reudilj , &een lhftt by supplying the flesh-form- , of thc vat inl0 the 6 iuk, thus avoiding does not cost more to produce a pound ot poul- 
haste, and in one of the pauses of a journey. ing au t r iment to the whey, it wiU become an thi , ,„ bor of ^npiug—a very convenient arrange- try, live weight, than a pound of meat, me 
haste, and in one of the pauses ot a journey. 
ALEXANDER SHEEP SHEARING FESTIVAL. 
\ xxrge Dumber interested in sheep met at Alex¬ 
ander, Genesee Co., N. Y.,May 24, to witness the 
ehearing of a fine flock of Meriuos, the property of 
Jas- G. Shepard of Alexander, opportunity being 
given to all who might wish to shear their sheep. I 
send yon an account of Mr. Shepard s fleeees as 
follows: 
Die I lhS. OZS. 
No 1 
lbs. ozs. 
.IS 2 
No. 12. 
.11 
12 
“ 13. 
“ 3 . 
. 10 
3 
“ 14. 
41 4 
.11 
13 
“ 15. 
u 5 
.14 
1 
“ 16. 
“6 .. 
.10 
7 
“ 17. 
“ 7 
.11 
1 
“ 18. 
44 8 
. 15 
1 
“ 19. 
“ 9 .... 
.... 13 
5 
“ 20. 
“ 10 .... 
. 12 
1 
“ 21 
“ 11 .... 
. 12 
4 
No. 15 weighed, after being shorn, 62 lbs., giving 
16 lbs. 9 ozs. of wool—a weight of fleece according to 
ing nutriment to the whey, it will become an ^ i a t )0r of dipping—a very convenient arrange- try, live weight, than a poun o me , e way is to dress the “chuck’ 1 first and then cook him. 
excellent food for all our domestis animals, and . f&r beat i ng arc placed under weight. Well, then, do poultry sell at Jess or ^ parbo5Jed awhile and then roasted to alight brown, 
especially calves, cows, colts aud pigs. To this the ceater of tbe vats, instead of ftt the end, and more per pound live weight than meat.- T e tbe meat wm not be bad to take. A very palatable 
end we must mix with the whey some food very t of way in working-a decided answer to this is :-A pound of poultry, live pof . pie can be m ade of the same anim al. 
rich in albumen or gluten. The latest analysis impr0yemeut ou old plan. WCig d^of melt Uve'wdgh^and “°that ques- To Destroy Cut Wobms.-J. Folts, Hebron, Wis., 
giveB oil meal 28 per cent,, pea and bean mea choosing a CW. —There are certain features P ouud f ’. f of noultry ” alluding to worms and how to destroy them, says 
per cent., wheat and rye bran and oat meal 18 which indicate, with almost entire tion ^ Bettled m fa> ° r ° f poultiy ‘ “Disturb them in their winter quarters by plowing 
per cent, of albuminous food. Now, by mixing ^ cbaracter ^ m ukers. A head . the ground infested with them quite late iu the fall 
one-half pound of oil meal, pea or bean meal, cp d J ^ ^th ponderous horns may belong A GooA Time Conuil &' the future and they will perish. I speak whereof I know >y 
or three-fourths of a pound of bran or oat meal, £ ^ ^ tUe cbance6 are a hundred The Working Farmer, alluding to the future, experie nce.” 
with each gallon of whey, we shall have a too , ^ against he'r. So, too, very long legs may says: — “ When the crops come in, n P Preserving Insects.—W, W. J., Hunt’s HoUow. 
very nourishing, and fit to build up all parts ot | Q & d animal? but the probabilities tember, it is now morally certain, i t ^ probabmty i8 thal the ^formation you desire 
the animal system. It will he very valuable to P ^ A Bmootb) cleaD bea d, a bright, flour will not he twenty-two doUars per bare , ^ ^ ( . oand ^ MQow on tho Microscope,’’ in which 
feed to milch c»ws, as it will not only increase ^ ~ d coufidillg i ook a and bakers’ loaves will grow so that they can prepar3tion of in6e cts for examination is ex- 
the quantity and quality of milk, but greatly and a well developed he seen across the table. Nor shall we need to _____ 
assist hi keeping up their condition when m full ^ ( ^ arautee . sufficieat to warrant a import hreadstnfls from Europe 01 »an i au- E(4 _^ corre8p0 ndentwantsarem«dy 
milk. At a fair price, oil meal should have the d wLiicll wm no t be likely to cause re- cisco; and flour of Oregon pwtoetio , ^ torses' Fly-nets may help some, but the 
preference, next bean and pea meal, then bran. I ' blgb ai on gt Uts : are almost twice crossing the equator in an ocean voy ^ ^ remedy we know of is “to spot them 
The oil meal, bean meal and bran, are also neh rovcis-always uneasy, and never of IS,000 miles, will not toe sent to om * eOeru ^ ^ hand as soon ag they light on the 
in phosphoric acid and lime, so necessary to dflilT puq: , 0&ee . Color is less a guide grain-fields for consumption, as ha* recently ^ 
buBd up the bones Of the yo^ animal. Bu<J- ^ gQod dairy qualitiefi than is generally sup- been th e case.” _ PotA toes fob Name.-E. J. B., Murray, N. Y. The 
1 wheat and barley meal h - 1 J DO«ed Still, black or white cows are less likely . rf ..n a h potato sent by you is pronounced to be the 
= hsed, but are less valuable than the other ioods 1 _ Qut wdl) a - a general rule, than those It is given as a rule to det ™^ h f t1 ^ ^ Beedling. The others are known as tbe Gar- 
1, mentioned. with differently shaded hair. A cow with a vel- to cut timothy for hay.- tU eneier in t t ckm With reference to the “P.S.” in your aote 
: ... i/zrr ^eanand pea SSK3S. ^mielp„ neve, l* ““ 
tun - -x xi . rx 
assist tn keeping up their condition when iu full 
milk. At a fair price, oil meal should have the 
preference, next bean and pea meal, then bran. 
The oil meal, beau meal and bran, are also rich 
in phosphoric acid and lime, so necessary to 
build up* the bones of the young animal. Buck- 
weight, always sells for much more than a 
pouud of meat, live weight, and so that ques¬ 
tion is settled in favor of poultry.” 
A Good Time Coining, 
The Working Farmer, alluding to the future, 
8a j S . _ “ When the crops come in, next Sep¬ 
tember, it is now morally certain, best wheat 
icroscope,” in which 
examination is ex- 
the carcass very remarkable. , . , ftnd b arlev meal have been profitably 
«£ £ tt J a J^.n*ue«-«- °a« ^ 
Sanford, mey.I xt would be well to mix oil, bean and pea 
up by the roots without breaking the straw. 
rLliia UDI lAVJXior.s-.—- 
for flies on horses. Fly-nets may help some, but the 
only effectual remedy we know of is “ to spot them 
out” with the hand as soon as they light on the 
animal. ___ 
Potatoes for Name.-E. J. B., Murray, N. Y. The 
redish potato sent by you is pronounced to be the 
Davis Seedling. The others are known as the Gar¬ 
net Chili. With reference to the “ P. S.’’ in your aote 
we answer yes. 
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